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OLI Architecture designs pavilion for Richard Serra’s London Cross sculpture

In Bedford, NY, the LX Pavilion forms a new home for the sculptor's monumental work

Architecture
23.12.20

The WAYSS Youth Transition Hub in Melbourne is designed for young people on the brink of homelessness

Local practice Bent Architecture created a neighbourhood-like complex of accommodation and communal facilities for support

Architecture
21.12.20

Snøhetta designs new headquarters for Le Monde in Paris

The large-scale, glass-clad office building had its fair share of challenges before coming to fruition – but aims to make a statement

Architecture
17.12.20

MAD Architects creates Beijing kindergarten with colourful roof playscape

The new project wraps around an 18th-century courtyard and stimulates intergenerational integration

Architecture
15.12.20

‘Mishmash’ of industrial buildings transformed into new design studio by Pearson Lloyd and Cassion Castle

The Yorkton Workshops project involved the sensitive conversion of a Victorian block in east London 

Architecture
14.12.20

Experimental brick bothy constructed using AR headset

The digitally designed structure is part of a project by Material Architecture Lab and Piercy&Company investigating mixed-reality fabrication

Architecture
09.12.20

A look at Ukraine’s (un)orthodox architecture

A new photography book showcases the surprising religious architecture of post-Soviet Ukraine

Architecture
08.12.20

Moxon Architects completes new studio nestled in the Scottish Highlands

The Quarry Studios project lies gently in the landscape to provide both workspace and a public cafe

Architecture
27.11.20

Coffey Architects completes silver office building in King’s Cross

22 Handyside Street, the firm's biggest UK project yet, is designed around wellbeing and local context

Architecture
25.11.20
Oslo

Oslo, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Budapest commit to clean construction

The four cities have pledged to halve emissions from all construction activities by 2030

Architecture
24.11.20

JKMM redesigns 1980s Finnish library as new community centre

The building in the southern Finnish town of Kirkkonummi has doubled in size and gained a striking new copper shingle facade

Architecture
24.11.20
Brighton from the air

Brighton gets new linear park from Untitled Practice

The landscape and architecture studio's redevelopment project has created a new 1.5km-long linked park system in the British seaside city

Architecture
18.11.20

Elevated corten steel walkway enlivens 14th-century Czech castle

Contemporary design insertions mix with preservation in the restoration of the Helfštýn Castle in Moravia

Architecture
17.11.20

Latvian cork factory becomes bright orange art museum

Riga-based architecture practice Annvil has transformed a piece of the city's industrial heritage into an active new art centre, Zuzeum

Architecture
09.11.20

‘Architecture needs its own new vaccines’: Peter Cook on experimentation and Archigram’s cities

A month-long series of online events from Hong Kong’s M+ museum explores and celebrates Archigram’s radical approach to citymaking 

Architecture
05.11.20

Építész stúdió designs Budapest sports hall half-buried in the landscape

The Saint Gellért Hall, designed for a high school in Hungary's capital, includes a rooftop sports court

Architecture
03.11.20

Snøhetta completes energy-positive Powerhouse Telemark

The building in southern Norway was designed by Snøhetta as part of an initiative dedicated to reducing construction's carbon emissions

Architecture
30.10.20

Hackney School of Food opens in east London, designed by Surman Weston

Based in the grounds of a primary school, the food education hub hopes to benefit children and the wider community alike

Architecture
28.10.20

Powerhouse Company designs undulating red walkway for new Chengdu district

The sculptural 'Loop of Wisdom' is designed by the Dutch practice to catalyse an evolving neighbourhood in the Chinese city

Architecture
26.10.20

Anna Heringer wins 2020 Obel Award for Anandaloy project in Bangladesh

The German architect has been awarded the international prize for her bamboo and rammed earth therapy centre and textile workshop

Architecture
21.10.20

Church on a boat: Denizen Works completes the Genesis Floating Church

A canal barge has become an innovative mobile church in east London with help from architecture practice Denizen Works

Architecture
19.10.20

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House Dokka combines simple geometry and natural materials to create a home that resembles a floating treehouse

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Architecture Icon: The post-war designs of Yrjö and Irmeli Kukkapuro live on in their unique home studio

From the Archive: A short history of the iconic Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen

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Christofle partners with Roland Garros in an exclusive collaboration

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